Housing Independent Gender Violence Advocate - London, United Kingdom - Refuge

Refuge

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location
Southwark, London

Service/location/team
Southwark Domestic Abuse Service

Salary
£28104

Role Overview

Job Title:
Housing Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA)

Location:
Southwark

Salary:
£28,104 per annum ,including London weighting

Contract type:
Full time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

We are recruiting for Housing Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA) who is passionate about supporting women and children who are impacted by domestic violence.

This is a new and exciting role in Refuge, and the post holder will be embedded within borough housing teams to facilitate the dual working that will ensure that survivors' safety and housing needs are met.

Post holder will be based within housing teams for three days a week, to help facilitate:

Close working relationships with Housing colleagues.
Provision of specialist knowledge relating to DA for Housing Officers and Homelessness Teams to draw on.
Specialist support for survivors at the moment of crisis.
Provision of advocacy; supporting survivors to access safe accommodation.

The Housing IGVA recognises that many survivors will approach Housing at moments of crisis when they are either considering fleeing or have already fled.

The housing IGVA will carry a caseload of survivors and their children that require additional Support, also will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children.

In this role you will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and personal welfare support.

They will ensure that survivors are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment, enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options.

The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety.

The job involves working within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership protocols and procedures that prioritise the safety of survivors.

The post holder will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and personal welfare support.

The job involves ensuring that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment and enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options.

The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety.

Responsibilities
Please refer to the job infromation pack for more details.

Essential Skills or Experience
For us it is important that you are passionate, committed and care about the work Refuge undertakes. Not all roles require previous experience in the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector.

You may be able to bring relevant experience from another industry or transferable skills from a different type of role or volunteering/community experience.

Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career.

We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff.

More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Other information

Closing Date:
th June 2023

Virtual Interview Date:
W/C 26th June 2023

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.